A proposed townhouse development at 700 Mountain Way is back before the Parsippany-Troy Hills Zoning Board of Adjustment after it was rejected last year. Google Maps

PARSIPPANY — A townhouse development plan is being reconsidered by the Parsippany-Troy Hills Zoning Board of Adjustment after it was rejected last summer, Parsippany Patch reported.

The proposed development known as 700 Mountain Way began more than three years ago as a 38-unit affordable-housing community for seniors, but the project stirred neighbors' concerns, The Star-Ledger reported in 2009, due to its similarities to Powder Mill Heights, a 10-story luxury apartment
and condominium complex. Critics said the condominium complex, which has the same developer as the Mountain Way project, is extremely visible from Route 10 and presents a stark contrast to the mountainside, the newspaper reported.

As reported by Patch, the project later dropped the age requirement and cut the number of units to 22, but the zoning board still rejected the plan in June.

Parsippany-based law firm Garofalo and O'Neill, which is representing developer Edward Mosberg in the application, later convinced the zoning board to reconsider the matter after revising the plan further, the report said. The board heard the application on Wednesday and will revisit it again in February, the report said.